Plaza Hotel Narathiwat

... didn't materialise because by the time we arrived and started asking around about boats to the island it was 2.15 and the boat left at 2.30. So it was a hasty paying over of our 140 RM for our return journeys, having stashed the bikes at the agents office. We headed for Long Beach and the Matahari Chalets, but none of the accommodation is bookable, you take your chances. We were all relaxed about that until we realised it was a Friday, then our hearts sank. Sure enough ...

... designs. The Royal Museum was primarily interesting for the obsequious way that it talked about the royal family. It was very weird, and slightly disturbing. The following day we went on a tour, by taxi, with a German backpacker we had met the previous day. She organised a taxi driver to take us out to these Buddhist temples near the Thai border. The taxi was a Mercedes which was older than me! The temples themselves were ...

... of bamboo that you kick in the air with all body parts expect the hands in a circle. Sean had a go at it...not so bad! After that, they had kite flying and finally coconut drum. Sean and I also tried the drumming but had some trouble getting the more difficult beats! After that we headed to the night market to get some food and look at the shops. There was some olympics on and Malaysia had a final for gold medal in ...

... across to Perhentian Island. At the jetty, there were many stalls and shops selling local food, catered mainly for the locals. We stopped by a local Malay stall to have our lunch - the "nasi campur" (literally translated : "mixed rice"). You get to choose your dish from a variety of fish, vegetable, curry, chicken and you scoop the dished unto your plate of steamed rice. There were ...

... who had been responsible for booking the Jungle Trip from KL.Esta, the youngest of the Jungle contingent had complained about various issues......not enough food, having to negotiate activities etc etc......we gave a very balanced but factual account. Chris full of apologies but we had a great time and everything worked at Malaysian time...eventually!

We stopped over here on our way to the Perhentians and now we spend one more night here before crossing the border to Thailand. Kota Bharu is an interesting town to spend a day in. It is known as the Islamic city and it is not touristy. As such you get a lot of attention from the locals. They have an excellent food market in market square and it is amazing to walk through it and see all the different fruit, vegetables. meat, fish etc they ...

Avec Binome on traine nos guetres sur Pualau Kecil. Juste une ile, la perfection du genre. Petite, tropicale, ensoleillée, bordée de sable blanc. Hammacs et cocotiers. Les poncifs. L'eau est turquoise. Il y a peu de monde. Des bungalows au pied des criques. Un village de pecheurs, a une heure de marche dans la foret entre les varans endormis. Un pouvoir d'hypnose sans limite. Qui fonctionne sur moi en tout cas. Et j'entends a nouveau ...

... day wasted, the next day was a lot harder to 'waste' and i spent it pretty much just wandering around outside all the museums and cultural exhibits, which to be honest didn't look as if they could hold my attention for more than 5 minutes each, hence why i didn't bother going in them. I was supposed to be having a healthy day today and only eating fruit, as i had been eating **** all week. But it seems god had other ideas in store for me ...

... of Thailand) was by bus which didn't leave for another 3 hours. So we were left waiting in the middle of a terrorist region which is what we were trying to avoid. Despite all the rumours circulating between backpackers on the South Eastern circuit about how dangerous the southern regions of Thailand are, the people we met couldn't have been nicer or more helpful. We were led into an air condtioned waiting area with leather ...

... une remplir mon nouveau logbook. Je m'enfuis assez vite pour retrouver Killian, il est deja 17h15 ! Je le retrouve devant 3 petits seaux remplis d'eau pose sur l'escalier devant le magasin de Miss lee, en train de se marrer et de me jeter de l'eau. Le seul hic, c'est que Miss Lee ne lui a pas mis d'antimoustique assez vite, parce qu'appremment sa petite fille est moins attirante pour les moustiques, et donc il a quelques piqures sur les jambes. Elle me raconte sa journee ...